Tunisia, most urbanized country in North Africa in 2025

According to the African Exponent website, Tunisia ranks as the most urbanized country in North Africa in 2025, with an urbanization rate of 70.88%. Urbanization refers to the phenomenon where a growing share of the population lives in cities...

Tunisia: Amen Bank maintains controlled growth until end September

Amen Bank showed a general improvement in its activity indicators, as of the end of September 2025, driven by a sustained increase in its net banking income and controlled growth in its outstanding amounts. Customer loans stood at 7,255 million...

Tunisia: Environment situation in Gabes, host of measures announced

Tunis - Failure to bring to completion six projects worth over 200 TND million in the governorate of Gabes to control greenhouse gas emissions and improve the environmental situation helped worsen the state of affairs, said Minister of Housing and...

Expanded Erasmus Programme Could Bring Economic Migrants, Terrorist Threat to Europe

Expanded Erasmus Programme Could Bring Economic Migrants, Terrorist Threat to Europe The European Commission has put forward a proposal to extend the Erasmus programme and Horizon Europe scientific cooperation scheme to the Middle East and North...

Tunisian city erupts in strike over toxic phosphate plant

Environmental and health fears have reignited calls to close a factory long accused of poisoning Tunisia’s south. Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical...

Residents of Gabès rise up against decades of toxic pollution

Mounia Ahmed*, a 47-year-old mother from Gabès, Tunisia, received a call from Chott El Salam Middle School that no parent should ever get. Her 11-year-old son was struggling to breathe, and despite the school's infirmary doing everything they...

Banque de Tunisie – Ratings Affirmed, Outlook Revised to Stable from Negative

(MENAFN- Capital Intelligence Ltd) Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings or CI) today announced that it has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating (LT FCR) and Short-Term Foreign Currency Rating (ST FCR) of Banque de Tunisie (BT or the...

Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollution

Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical factory residents blame for a spike in serious health issues. Thousands have recently rallied in the city of some...

Arab Tunisian Bank – Ratings Affirmed, LT FCR Outlook Revised to Stable from Negative

(MENAFN- Capital Intelligence Ltd) Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings or CI) today announced that it has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating (LT FCR) and Short-Term Foreign Currency Rating (ST FCR) of Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB or...

Finance 2026: the finance and budget committee launches its work on Tuesday

The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Finance and Budget Committee will hold a preparatory session on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, starting at 9 a.m. On the agenda: an initial review of the...

Forty African Migrants Dead as Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia

(MENAFN) At least 40 African migrants, including infants, perished Wednesday in a desperate bid to reach European shores from Tunisia's eastern coastline, according to local officials. A overcrowded boat transporting roughly 70 sub-Saharan African...

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening state chemical plant pollution crisis

TUNIS – Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Oct 25 to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widened outside the southern city. The...

Rare 2027 solar eclipse leads to holidays already starting to sell out in five countries

A rare solar eclipse in 2027 has triggered a surge in bookings to five countries. On August 2, 2027, the Sun will 'disappear' for up to six minutes. This extraordinary phenomenon will be best observed across North Africa and sections of the Middle...

Iran: One of the Country’s Largest Private Banks Has Gone Bankrupt

The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On Saturday, October 25, Iranian economic authorities confirmed the bankruptcy of Ayandeh Bank (“Persian Future” in French), one of the country’s largest...

'I am not retiring': Ons Jabeur on breathing, healing and returning to tennis

It’s been almost four months since Tunisian star Ons Jabeur shared a heartfelt message on social media announcing she was taking an indefinite break from professional tennis. She revealed she had been struggling physically and mentally for the...

Tunisia: Environmental crisis in Gabes: President Saïed pledges “urgent and immediate” solutions

Tunis – President of the Republic Kais Saïed had a meeting, on Friday, at Carthage Palace, with Speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP), Ibrahim Bouderbala, and President of the National Council of Districts and Regions (CNRD),...

Tunisian Embassy in Doha launches national scholarship

The Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia in Doha has announced the launch of a national scholarship for Tunisian students and pupils—children of Tunisian families residing abroad—who are enrolled in higher education at public institutions in...

‘We want to breathe’: Hundreds march in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution

Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widen outside the southern city. Hundreds of...

Hundreds protest in Tunis over worsening pollution crisis

Protesters in Tunis carried banners and chanted slogans in solidarity with residents of Gabes [Getty] Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state...

Tunisia: Uphold the right to protest and access to environmental information

ARTICLE 19 expresses deep concern over the recent restrictions imposed by the authorities on demonstrators in Gabes, southern Tunisia, who have been protesting environmental pollution and demanding transparency and accountability. ARTICLE 19 calls...